Wesley Green Cole

Deputy Sheriff Wesley Cole was shot and killed after he responded to a call of a man breaking into automobiles in the parking lot of an upscale hotel at the interchange of I-44 and Peoria Avenue.

Deputy Cole was working a secondary security job at the hotel when hew as notified that somebody was rummaging through cars. When Deputy Cole asked the man for identification the man pulled out a .25 caliber handgun and opened fire. Deputy Cole was able to return fire with his revolver. Both men emptied their weapons in the shootout and both were fatally wounded.